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Device for Shearing Horses. No. 223,664. Patented Jan. 20, 1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK Y. VVOLSELEY, OF MELBOURNE, VICTORIA.

DEVICE FOR SHEAR|NG HORSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 223,664, dated January 20, 1880.

Application filed September 19, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FREDERICK YORK WoLsELEY,of Melbourne, in the BritishOolony of Victoria, have invented new and useful Improvements in Machinery for Shearing Sheep and Clipping Horses, which improvements are fully set forth in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawlngs. y

This invention consists, mainly, in the combination of a cutter-stock of peculiar construction with an endless rope and suitable pulleys for driving the cutting device and guiding the same, as will be fully described hereinafter.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan .view of whatmay be termed the fixed portion of the stock; Fig. 2, a plan view of what may be termed the movable portion of the same; Fig. 5, a side elevation of the entire stock ready for use; Fig. 4, a longitudinal sectional elevation of the same; Figs. 5, 6, and 7, various views, enlarged, of the pulleys at the rear end of the stock; Fig. 8, a side elevation of the mechanism for actuating the stock; Fig. 8 an enlarged view of the horizontal pulleys and pivots, and Fig. 9 a plan view of the same.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my improved machine for shearing sheep, I will now proceed to fully describe the same.

A, Figs. 1 and 4, represents the main portion of what may be termed the fixed portion of the cutter-stock, which is provided at its front end with the usual comb a, or an equivalent device, and at its rear end with a double system of pulleys, as will be hereinafter described.

a, Fig. 4, represents a pivot stnd located at the proper point toward the front end of the stock, and a a shaft near the rear end, provided with the pulley a having the crankpin a, as shown.

a represents a rearward extension of the stock, curved in an upward direction from the base-line, as shown, which is provided with a vertical socket, a", Fig. 7, holding a vertical stud or bolt, a, Fig. 5, having attached thereto a cross-bar or shaft, a", supporting the pulleys a as shown.

a also represents a cross-bar, supporting pulleys e a", which is held by bolt (i below 1; represents a friction-roller located at the.

proper point, which rests upon a proper bearing-surface 011 the part A when the parts are united.

-b Figs. 1 and 4, represents a nut, by means of which the two parts are properly united, as shown in Fig. 4, which is provided with ratchet-teeth b adapted to engage with a proper pawl, b, Fig. 1, for the purpose of holding the same against accidental revolution. C C represent cover-plates hinged upon the shaft 0, as shown.

When the parts are united, as shown in Fig. 4, the crank-pin a of the pulley a it will be observed, rests in the slot 1) of the part B.

The mechanism for actuating the movable part of the stock will now be described.

D, Figs. 8 and 9, represents the main shaft,

suitably supported in any proper bearings and receiving movement from any proper source. This may be of any proper length, according to the number of cutters to be employed.

E represents a pulley, one or more of which may be employed, which is located at a proper point upon the shaft, and is provided with a V-shaped groove or other proper means for holding the endless rope F. G represents a bracket or block projecting at the proper point from any suitable support, to which is pivoted the pulley g, as shown. sents a pulley the block of which is united to one end of the rope 9 passing over the pulley g, which latter is provided at its other end with a weight, g, as shown.

H h represent a system of vertical pulleys g also repreupon the post It, by means of which the rope The endless rope F,it will be observed, Figs. 1, 3, 4, and 8, passes first through both-the pulleys e a, Fig. 3, at the rear end of the stock A B, thence around the pulley a Fig. 1, and out between the opposite pair of pulleys, a a", through the horizontal and vertical systerns IL 7L2, Fig. 8, about the pulley g and main pulley E, back through the systems h h to the cutter-stock again.

I, Fig. 9, represents a lever, by means of which the main pulley may be thrown into and out of gearwith the main shaft when desired.

The operation is substantially as follows: Motion having been communicated to the main shaft and the main pulleyhaving been thrown in gear, the endless rope will receive motion, and consequently travel, thro ugh the system of pulleys in the rear end of the cutter-stock. By

readily moved in any direction, forward and rearward movement being permitted by the tension-pulley g, and that to either side by the flexibility of the rope and the horizontal system of pulleys h The construction of the stock is such, also, that the parts may be readily separatedto permit the insertion of the endless rope. The entire construction is simple, and yet very effective in operation.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is I 1. The cutter-stock A, provided with the double system of pulleys a, a a", as and for the purpose described.

2. In combination with the stud a, the removable cross-bar a carrying the wheels ca as and for the purpose described.

3. In combination with the cutter-stock, the endless-rope, the main pulley D, the pulley systems HM, and tension-pulley g, as de scribed.

F. Y. WOLSELEY. WVitnesses:

D. MOPHERSON, EDWD. WATERS. 

